Australian urban Indigenous smokers' perspectives on nicotine products and tobacco harm reduction

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 87-96

  Yuke, Kym ^a,b   Ford, Pauline ^b   Foley, Wendy ^a,b   Mutch, Allyson ^b   Fitzgerald, Lisa ^b   Gartner, Coral ^b  

^a Southern Queensland Centre of Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

e cigarettes; Indigenous; nicotine replacement therapy; qualitative research; tobacco harm reduction

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE GUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING PREVENTION; TOBACCO; TOBACCO USE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SMOKERS; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING PREVENTION; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO USE; TOBACCO USE CESSATION PRODUCTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85019147136     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dar.12549     Document Type: Article

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